FOCUS Enhancements MANL-1023-08 manual TC DROP, NON-DROP Ntsc only, TC NON-DROPGroup Default

FS-100 Functions

TC DROP, NON-DROP NTSC only

These parameters are only available for NTSC and only one may be enabled at a time. Drop and non-drop enable and disable the drop-frame function that modifies how the timecode is calculated during recording.

•TC DROP

Enables the drop-frame function:

Frames 00 and 01 are dropped from each minute of video recorded.

Exception - The first minute of each hour is not dropped.

•TC NON-DROPGroup Default

Disables drop-frame. No frames are dropped during recording and the timecode reflects the actual time during recording.

Use with TC FREE RUN or TC REGEN

TC DROP and TC NON-DROP may only be set when using the TC FREE RUN or TC REGEN settings.

Type of Seperator Indicates TC DROP or NON-DROP

The timecode displayed on the LCD indicates the TC DROP/NON-DROP mode by using either a semi-colon or a colon as a separator between hours, minutes, seconds and frames:

•	DROP	HH;MM;SS;FF
•	NON-DROP	HH:MM:SS:FF

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